Install IBM® WebSphere® Application
Server Network Deployment from the product media, from live web-based
repositories, or from files that you can download from the Passport Advantage® site.
Before you begin
See Installing the product for information about
installing any of the products in the WebSphere Application Server family of
products.
About this task
This article provides an overview of installing the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
product.
The Installation Manager product performs
the installation. You can install from a graphical interface or from
the command line using a response file.
At
a high-level view, the steps for installing and configuring the Network
Deployment product are:
- Install the Network Deployment product.
- Use the Profile Management Tool or
the manageprofiles command to create the profiles
that your topology needs.
You can create the following profiles:
- Application server profile
- Management profile
- Cell profile
- Custom profile
- Secure proxy server
Procedure
- Review typical installation scenarios
for the product.
- Install the product and create a Network Deployment cell.
The steps for installing the Network Deployment product and
creating a deployment manager are as follows:
- Prepare the operating system.
- Access the product disk or a downloaded installation image.
- Install the product.
- Create a Network Deployment environment.
A cell has a deployment
manager with a federated application server.
A deployment manager
has only the deployment manager profile. To work with applications
deployed on an application server that is part of a Network Deployment
cell, you must create an application server profile and federate it
after installing the Network Deployment product.
- Create an additional application server profile for a Network
Deployment cell.
The steps for creating an application
server profile are:
- Use the Profile Management Tool or
the manageprofiles command to create an application
server profile.
- Open the First steps console and start the application server,
or start the application server from the command line:
- Change to the profile_root/bin directory.
- cd profile_root/bin
- cd profile_root\bin
- Start the application server with the startServer command.
- ./startServer.sh
- startServer.bat
See the documentation for the startServer command
for more information.
- Federate the application server into the cell through the administrative
console () or with the addnode command in
the profile_root/bin directory.
To access applications deployed on the application server
from a deployment manager, you must federate the application server.
To federate the application server, add the application server as
a managed node of the deployment manager.
Results
The Network Deployment product is installed on a single machine
and you can start the deployment manager and the standalone application
server.
What to do next
After installing and verifying, the next step is to use the product. Start the application server or the deployment manager, node agent, and federated application server to use the administrative console to deploy an existing application.